Michael Fassbender, Lupita Nyong'o and Chiwetel Ejiofor appear in a scene from the motion picture '12 Years a Slave.'

Thor: The Dark World

In this sequel, Chris Hemsworth reprises the title role. In this turn, he fights to restore order across the cosmos. Natalie Portman costars.

PG-13, Running time 112 minutes

Rotten Tomatoes: 70%(Note: Rotten Tomatoes scores are on a 0-100% "freshness" scale. The higher the score, the "fresher," or better, a movie is rated). Metacritic score (on a 0-100 scale, an aggregation of scores from professional film critics): 58

12 Years A Slave

Solomon Northrup, a free man, is sold into slavery. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael K. Williams, Michael Fassbender and Brad Pitt star. (Note: playing at Century Riverside 12)

PG-13, 105 minutes

Rotten Tomatoes: 96% Metacritic: 97

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Ender's Game

Only Ender Wiggin can save the earth in this sci-fi flick based on the popular Orson Scott Card novel. Card is co-writer, with Ben Kingsley and Harrison Ford starring.

PG-13, Running time 114 minutes

Rotten Tomatoes: 69% Metacritic: 51

Last Vegas

Robert DeNiro, Morgan Freeman and Michael Douglas join an all-star cast of sixty-somethings who host a bachelor party in Las Vegas.

PG-13, 105 minutes

Rotten Tomatoes: 50% Metacritic: 48

Free Birds

Two time-traveling turkeys team up to put a stop to the first Thanksgiving. Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson provide voices.

PG, 91 minutes

Rotten Tomatoes: 20% Metacritic: 38

The Counselor

A star-studded cast, including Michael Fassbender, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem and Brad Pitt, rounds out this story of a lawyer who ends up involved with drug trafficking. Ridley Scott directs and novelist Cormac McCarthy penned the script.

R, Running time 117 minutes

Rotten Tomatoes: 36% Metacritic: 49

Bad Grandpa

Johnny Knoxville of "Jackass" fame stars as a grandfather who takes his grandson on a road trip in this hidden-camera comedy.

R, 92 minutes

Rotten Tomatoes: 71% Metacritic: 54

Carrie

Chloe Moretz stars as Carrie White, a bullied teenager with telekentic powers and an overbearing mother (Julianne Moore) in this remake of the 1976 film and Stephen King novel.